OTTAWA — The NDP may have exceeded its December fundraising goals, but the opposition party still raked in far less than the Conservatives and the Liberals, which launched aggressive fundraising campaigns in the last month of 2013.

OTTAWA — The Liberals may have attracted more donors than the Conservatives for the last two quarters of 2013, but Liberal leader Justin Trudeau isn't speculating on whether his party will continue the trend for the last quarter of the year or whether it will bring in more money than the Tories in the final three months of 2013.

OTTAWA — Tom Mulcair, the king of question period, remains optimistic that when it counts, Canadians will choose a party with something different to offer, even though the NDP has dipped in public opinion compared to the Liberals and has tanked both provincially and in several by-elections this past year.

A former Liberal Party of Canada organizer has been charged with fraud, forgery and laundering the proceeds of crime as part of a “far-reaching investigation” into the former federal sponsorship program, the RCMP said Friday.

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau has spent his first eight months as Liberal leader trying to address two key reasons for the federal Liberals' decade-long demise: the party's lack of a ground game, and its tendency to stand for nothing.